Over at Universal Hub, Adam's putting together a citizen interview for, uh, "controversial" Suffolk DA Dan Conley. Hopefully Adam won't mind if I just quote in full: You're in a room with Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley. He's … [Read more...]
“TedF” and “Speaking Out” discuss the LaGuer case
Let me take your points one at a time. ... of course I (and you) lack any personal knowledge of what happened at the scene of the crime. This is both true and a truism. Very few cases don't require the power of deduction to arrive at … [Read more...]
SJC: no First Amendment right of public access to “show cause” hearings
The Supreme Judicial Court today rejected the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune newspaper's argument that the First Amendment guaranteed it the right to attend a "show cause" hearing, at which a clerk-magistrate decides whether there is sufficient … [Read more...]
“White-News” vs. the Blackosphere
But now that we have blogs, to what extent have American blogs changed the white-news paradigm? In my experience, white blogs are just as committed to white-news as is the mainstream media. White blogs are mostly dedicated to … [Read more...]
My first response to the SJC – LaGuer opinion
I got calls and emails today from several news organizations wanting to know what I thought of the SJC opinion. I decided to keep it brief by issuing this statement:The SJC opinion is very disappointing given the many indications that … [Read more...]
Why YOU should care about the State Police Crime Lab scandal
DNA MATCH IS SUSPECT WITHOUT JUDICIAL OVERSIGHTBy Eric Goldscheider/Guest columnistMetroWest Daily NewsFriday, March 23, 2007The most recent revelations about problems at the Massachusetts State Police crime lab raise deeply disturbing … [Read more...]
RI Dems introduce DOMA bill
Something is seriously wrong with RI Dems. Five Dem Representatives, William San Bento (N. Prov/Pawtucket), Arthur Corvese (N. Prov), Peter Palumbo (Cranston), Jon Brien (Woonsocket), and Helio Melo (E. Prov) introduced HB 6159 … [Read more...]
DNA Lab Scandal Spotlight Shifts to Selavka
Let's start by listing the pre-DNA lapses in the Lab with regard to this case. The most obvious is that the lab LOST OR DESTROYED a set of four fingerprints from a key piece of evidence. We know from a belatedly released report that those … [Read more...]
Speaking Out speaks out on YouTube
Gentle readers (and watchers) of Blue Mass Group: Below is my first foray into movie making. (Thanks to nifty software called Movie Maker.)The point, as you will see, is that the prosecutor at the recent SJC hearing on the highly … [Read more...]
DNA Data Bases & Black Box Voting
The last two paragraphs of Julia Preston's article in today's New York Times, "U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling" (sub. req.), caught my eye.Many groups warned that the measure would compound already severe backlogs in the … [Read more...]
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